Butterfly Garden Plot...

2011 Garden Resolution:  Plot my gardens...

This is a simple, amateur attempt to somehow organize, categorize, label my garden.  I needed a way to remember what I had planted--and where they were. I know this blueprint will be modified this spring when plants start emerging that I have forgotten, but at least I'll have a start and it will be easy to go back and add a new purchase or delete a plant that didn't survive the winter. Eventually, I'll plot my berry beds, shade garden, Iris bed, vegetable garden....  This may be an annual garden resolution!
I simply used a greeting card program that I already had, plotted out the basic design of the garden, then referenced each plant with a an on-line description and a photo I have taken.. Hopefully it will help me remember the Latin names better, but I doubt it...

A

1:  Helianthus mollis 'Ashy Sunflower'   photo

2:  Phlox paniculata 'David'  photo  

3:  Antirrhinum majus 'Snapdragons'  photo
    *host plant of the Common Buckeye Butterfly  larva photo

4:  Asclepias incarnata 'Swamp Milkweed'  photo

5:  Asclepias curassavica 'Tropical Milkweed'  photo

6, 7, 8:  Asclepias tuberosa  'Butterfly Milkweed'  photo
*Milkweeds-host plants of the Monarch butterfly  larva photo                           

B

1, 4: Yarrow, Achillea millefolium 'Paprika'  photo 

2, 3: Rudbeckia hirta 'Black-eyed Susan'  photo

5, 8:  Echinacea purpurea 'Purple Coneflower'

6:  Passiflora incarnata 'Purple Passion Flower'  photo
     *host plant to the Gulf Fritillary Butterfly  photo

7:  Lindera benzoin 'Spicebush'  photo 
    *host plant of the Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly  larva photo

9, 12:  Salvia farinacea 'Victoria Blue'  photo
10, 11:   Coreopsis verticillata 'Golden Showers'  photo

C

1:  Phlox paniculata 'David'  photo

2:  Eupatorium purpurem 'Joe-Pye Weed'  photo 

3:  Asclepias curassavica 'Tropical Milkweed'  photo 

4:  Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna'  photo

5:  Lysimachia punctata 'Alexander'  Variegated Loosestrife  photo 

6, 7, 8:  Asclepias tuberosa  'Butterfly Milkweed'  photo
*Milkweeds-host plants of the Monarch butterfly  larva photo

D, F

Tall Garden Zinnias  photo

E

Caryopteris, Blue Mist Shrub, 'Sunshine Blue'   photo

G

1, 2:  Ocimum basilicum 'Sweet Basil'  photo

3:   Mentha suaveolens variegata 'Pineapple Mint'  photo
4:  Ruta graveolens 'Common Rue'  photo
     *host plant of the Giant Swallowtail Butterfly  larva photo
5:  Nepeta cataria 'Common Catnip'  photo

6: Origanum vulgare 'Oregano'  photo

7:  Lavandula angustifolia 'Lavender Munstead'  photo

8:  Allium schoenoprasum 'Common Chives'  photo

9:  Allium cepa 'Egyptian Walking Onions'   photo
H, I

1:  Buddleia 'Butterfly Bush'  photo

2:  Ajuga 'Bugleweed'  photo

Pipevine Arbor

Aristolochia 'Pipevine'  photo 
 *host plant of the Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly  larva photo

J

1:  Thymus werpyllum 'Elfin Thyme'  photo
2:  Stachys byzantina 'Lamb's Ear'  photo
3:  Foeniculum vulgare 'Bronze Fennel'  photo
     *host plant of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly  larva photo
4:  Artemisia vulgaris 'Variegata, Variegata Mugwort'  photo
5:  Symphytum officinale 'Comfrey'  photo
6:  Nepeta 'Catmint'  photo
7:  Allium cepa 'Egyptian Walking Onions'  photo
8:  Allium tuberosum 'Garlic Chives'  photo
9:  Artemisia 'Wormwood'  photo

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